Search America's historic newspaper pages from 1789-1963 or use the U.S. Newspaper Directory to find information about American newspapers published between 1690-present. Chronicling America is sponsored jointly by the National Endowment for the Humanities external link and the Library of Congress. Learn more

Download & Play

Questions

Newspaper Page Text

THE LABOR JOURNALMention the Journal to th-3merchant who solicits your patronage through these columns.VOL. XIX.SUCCESSUnion Made GoodsHas made the Barron Furniture Co. a success. In Unionmade goods we get good honest values, goods made up by thecountries most skilled mechanics. That is why the BarronGoods are dependable.Bear in mind that we like to extend our liberal credit plan to Union people.Barron Furniture Co. Inc.Both Phones 3042815-17 Colby Aye. Everett, Wn.U IN I O INCall for themHave You Tried thellffliCIGARIt is tin ideal UNION MADE cigar, as good as the name.UNION /WADEMURRAY'S SHOE STOREUnion Made ShoesFor the Whole FamilyAsk ForHuiskamp Bros. ShoesFor Women and ChildrenAsk ForBrennan ShoesFor MenMURRAY'S SHOE STORE1707 HEWITT AYE. Phones; Ind. 299Y, Sunset 1162.GEO. ROSEFirst Class TailoringEverything Union Made111 C HEWITT AYE. EVERETT, WASH.City Dyes WorksLADIES AND GENTS CLOTHES STEAM OR DRY CLEANEDPanama and Soft HatsCleaned and Blocked2U2.P Rockefeller Aye.WORK CALLED FOR AND DELIVEREDLADIES' WORK A SPECIALTYMADErhrmeoi sunset HO, ML 164 Y.THE LABOR JOURNALTHE OFFICIAL PAPER OF THE EVERETT TRADES COUNCILDevoted to the InterestWONDERFUL CHANGES IN FEW YEARSHATTERS WELL WIN BATLTEGaining Ground Daily InTheir Fight For theLabel.There may havebeen longer struggles!n thehlstory of thelabor movement ofAmerica, but none morestubbornly contested than the fight of the UnitedHatters againstthe Hat Manufacturers'association. There have been many eon*tests where defeat 1" the union forcesspelled disaster, but none before wheredefeat meant practical annihilation ofthi" union involved. The United Battersare winning and they deserve to win,for tin' magnificent fight they |>ut upeven if there were no principles Involved.We lit tb' realize the odds they faced atthebeginning of this fight to save theirlabel, tin- only real protection they bad.Tlic injunction asked for and obtainedby the Loewe Hat company in the Danbury case had left them high and dryon the rock of financial ruin. Their Internationa] treasury Was tied up. Thelittle homes of theindivdual members11 ikl even their savings bank accountsi.'ii of the courts, If the final tribunalion of the couit». If the final tribunaldecides against them everything mustgo.Pretty hard to sacrifice everything youhave in the world jusi because you toldyour fellow workmen throughout thecountry that a certain firm was attempting to tear down what you hadlabored so hard to build up and askedEVERETT TRADES COUNCILThe council met in regular sessionWednesday evening, with PresidentRourke la the chair.The credential) of Harry Thompson,delegate from the Cooks and Waiters,were accepted and delegate obligated andseated.Communication was received from theTypographical union ot Tacoma protesting against the appointment of LincolnA. Snow den as state librarian on account of his well known antagonism toUnion labor. Council cone urred in the protest and ordered the secretary to torward the same to Governor Bay,('iimmiinicat ion was received fromBusiaesi Agent Doyle, of the SeattleCentra] council, promising all possible aidin the fight ou the unfair Mitchell hotelof this city.Communication from the Allied MetalTrades department of the A. K. of &urging the formation of a section inthis city, was referred to the committeeon organization and visiting unions.Reports by unions:Shingle Weavers-One initial inn; verylarge attendance.Plumber* Good meeting; heard detailed report of the delegate to theNorthwest assoeiat ion.Ijiundry Workers Two initiations.two applications, two nt InatatsroontsCooks and Waiters Two initiations;Changed their night of meeting to seeand and fourth Tuesday in hall Xo. 3.Mathers One initiation.Painters Two initiiations.Pngini'ers (hie initiation.BartottdsfS Making active campaignfor tlio monthly button, lVn't forgot toask for it.Building Trades Oosnseil Instructedsecretary to write for constitution and'information of the building trades depal t ment of the A. V. id' UCarpenters Three initiatiene, one Iffcard\ M|H-ial eonnnitte'e of lliriv was appointed to investigate report Oil lireaeliof faith in certain of the laundries inEVERETT, WASHINGTON, tmujsiuv. ,\m i:. \:miyour fellows not to buy any moreLoewe hats.Following the decisions of the variouscourts that labor organizations were... ."conspiracies in restraint "i trade andamenable to the ami trust provisionsof the Sherman law. came the direct nttack of the manufacturers' associationupon the label. Van Cleave ami his satellites had it all figured out. The legalstatus of labor unions had been established. They were outlawed. Their uniontreasuries were liable in seizure: thefunds of theindividual were liable toseizure. There still remained one powerful weapon of defense, however theunion label. Could they but destroy this,the whole fabric of trades unionism muslfall to the ground. So the United Hatte -were chosen as the first object of attack iii tbe label destroying campaign.Some people wondered why a weaker,organisation was not chosen. It wouldhave been an easier fight for the Manufacturers' association and a gradual at-1tack would have attracted less noticeand therefore met rith leas resistanceon the part of union men and women.But the manut'aetu!. i s were intoxicatedwith power. Did the} not have the wholepower of the courts bobittd them! Wasnot organized labor ivhipped to a. frazzle in the late poll rial campaign, anilconsequently demorali ed! Was not publie sentiment behind c cry for an openshop and an equal opportunity forAmerican workmen.' So itwas decidedto strike one powerful blow at the unionlabel. To wipe out one of the bestthe city and report tck at next meting.Special attenttion >va- called to theBlue Label of tie igarmakers' unionand the fact thai comparatively fewhome made cigar- \\, ailed for. It Iseevry union man's due who u-es tobacco to call for a ho up made cigar andthus give work to cigar makers.Meeting adjourned until next regularsession.The Mtlkiltco Shu le \Yeavel-' localNo 71 will give the!l ir-t aniiunl ball inMukilteo on Saturd evening. May 1"..Splendid music from Kverett ha- beenssealed and the boy of the mill cityare going to give wrvhody a go.hltime. The launch V one will leave theKverett dock at s i, returning afterthe dance. A large igatioa of Everettweavers should attet and help lo makethis initial bull a hi: suceeaa, A limitednumber of ticket- ar< an sale at the Lal>or Temple cigar si nd,EMPLOYMKN .' OFFICE.The union men gi illy ihould 1-'the free employ incut uireau at the citylull. It i« doing tie work under themanagement of Brother r'is'lter. himselfa union num. and rli -erves to succeedOver three hundred i litioni were filledby this office last month. It II run onthe si|uurc. and when they send a millout to a job the a int can 'i-t alllfcd 'he job js tin l ' for him. The manngement has kept gi I faith with theunions and always i - tor a union manwhen a position |a . n in any line ofwork where an Ofgnni at ion exists. Tellyour friends about ti l- fUmmt and that itdoe-nt cost them a 11 nt to get a job.Ask fur the button when you \>it Iih ink emporium. li Jou ilon't find it.■23.''SOME OF EVERETT'S MANY INDUSTRIESWEAVER.- DANCE.of Organized LaborI known of nil labels would strike terrorto the hearts of all members of organized labor and the rest would bo easy.'Ii i- just the way a general in an armyi would plan; he would moss his forcesand attack the stronghold of the enemyhoping by one decisive defeat to demoralize the entire contending forces. Sothe hat manufacturers declared warupon the Hatters' label and twentythousand union men and women were[locked out. Then it was that the manufacturers were treated to the surpriseof their lives. Those brave men and women, their spirit unbroken by the a*. saults previously made upon them bythe fjoewe Hat company, stood up andgave back blow for Mow. As their limited would permit they estabi lished their own factories and ran themthree shifts a day. They sent out a cryto their fellow unionists for aid. Fromevery part of th< untry echoed back1 the answer "we are coming." The A.IF. of L. levied an assessment upon everyone of its two million and a half ofmembers. From the rocky coast ofMaine to the state of Washington and from the Canadian border tothe everglades of Florida came answerin? echoes of sympathy and hope andgenerous donations of financial assistance. The right against the label hasproven a 1 merang. for no union nun,will tomh a scab hat now for love normoney. Here and there factories are capitulating and taking back tho unionhatters. A sweeping victory has just[been won over the Woodbine lint com-1SHOW THIS TO YOUR FRIETs'PS.The Boston Union Music Publishingcompany has secured the riiri ■ t fromGeorge \V. William-, secretary-treasureri>f the International Stereotypers 1 andElectrotypers' iwion, to publish bisgreatest success in marching songs, THEUNION LABEL GUARD, which i> dedicated i" the American Federation of Laber.It i- th ie grand musical noise ofthe day and the hit of the season, ItIst.nt- with ,i drum solo and every milof the drum Is a boom for the union| label. Here i- the chorus:Then ii'- march, march, march away.\\e'i, ,ai the march bom ev'ry day.Our onward progress naught can stay,i ..„,._, «of( if bard.\o matter how the foe we meet.! <>ur members never tear defeat,Or bugles* ever -mind retreatTo i in-: r\io\ i.\in-i. <a \i:nThe price of thi- song i- l"> cents, .andfor every long sold at that price.through the Boston poatoffice, I«>x Jiiiis.vve agree to! pay to the I'nited Hattersof \oith America, ."> cents, until theirstrike i- Settled, ami after that to someother union in trouble, a- long as our-ah-- last.Sympathy expressed bj prose, poetryor song is but hot air. utiles- backed uphy ,ash, to to all lovers of fair eonditions tor the working man ami woman»c invite you to help boom the I'nionLabel and the Hatters by having a copyoi rill: l \lo\ i.AMKI. GUARD,rill. itosin\ UNION MUSIC PUB-I.MIIXi; CO,I!. 11 BAXUDV, Manager.l*. o. Bos MM. Boston, MMa,Live n copy of tlio Journal to journon union fHcmkl and auk him tn aub- rile fur flic pa-wr that stands s.piarely for the interests of the man whotoil*.p.my. a large concern doing business ivWoodbine, N. J., in which the unionwon every point in controversy. Theunion factories are taxed to their utmost capacity, while the association factories are losing money and givingground everj day. It i- a splendid tribute to the bulldog grit of the UnitedHatters, and yet the victory will not l>ctheirs alone. When the right to theunion label on union made goods -hallhe again conceded hy the hat inanfactiiicr-. a- it i- going to he. much of thecredit must he awarded to the arousedminds and hearts of the great body otorganized labor. Nothing can withstandthe action of the laboring people whenthey u-e their power intelligently andcollectively. When we forget our senseless bickerings over non-essentials andour childish jurisdictional disputes andset our united forces to work to achieveany one thing, no court decree nor judicial enactment horn in ignorance andhatred and nourished in prejudice can-top that one thing from coming toWill we profit by thi- lesson andhold what we have gained, or. the immediate necessity for united action passed,slip back again into a lethargic sleep, toawait the next terrific onslaught of organize: capital! The hatred and virusented bj Van Cleave and his ilk willnot be ipiieted and if beaten In the Hatter- struggle will break out again insome new quarter. "Eternal vigilance isthe price of safety."NO NON-UNIONMEN ON HIGHSCHOOL NOWbe a serious ti«- n|> occurred at the highschool building the bitter part of lasticed to employ union men only, as tar asthej could l btained, This promise has11 tie-up was not because of any grievance against the head contractors. Thetrouble arose over the employment ofnon-union wiremen bj the Settle Electric company, which had the lightingContract, The Seattle concern employsnothing but non-union men and sentfour of their wiiciucn onto the work.They were interviewed by the localunion representatives and positively refused to join the union or to abide byunion regulations, Upon this refusalever) craft at work upon the buildinglaid down then tools and walked off thejob, The matter was immediately takenup bj the Building Trades council andthe \\ ire men's union, the erafl mainlyInvolved in the controversy in an attempt at settlement. The foreman of thenon union w irenien niter thinking thematter over evidently concluded that .liscnstlon Was the better purl of valor andconsented to hold a parley. The men wereordered back to work pending a final «etilemetit. and after some argument thewiring idem in agreed to make npplicalion [of membership in the union and lethi- non union help go. this arrangementeras saiiefaetofj and the work is aas>c ling ns before the trouble with strictly union men in all departments of thework.THE LABOR JOURNALIs the official organ of the TradesCouncil, and is read by the laboring men and women of Everett.City of SmokestacksSees Great Growth—Writ c r Tells ofCity in Early Days—Has Far Outstripped the Dreamsof Even Its Founders.Tbe easterner accustomed to slowerdevelopment in the growth of a. city,views with amazement tbe tilings Lhathe finds here when he is told that ade a 1" ago the whole peninsula on whichthe city rests was a forest primeval,Thai a city could grow industrially andcommercially in a span of eighteen years:to such substantial proportions seems In| credible, and insensibly tbe stranger in-I quires for the Aladdinn lamp. True,there have been many cities which, as iftouched by an enchanted wand, havegrmwn up over night, but In each instance there ha- been some lucky turnof the wheel of fortune which has beenthe secret of ti.cn existence—the sudden; discovery of gold, for instance, with theconsequent mad rush of people. To no; luck or chance doc- t i| P city of Smokestacks owe jt, present position but tothe foresight and sagacity of a few men; who built it - cornerstone and to the gritaid determination of those who came tothe young city and bung on throughthick and thin.Manj pen- far more gifted than tbeone guided by the hand of the writer havewritten the hisory of Everett with its| many interesting incidents. Yet each one, but adds to the romance of the story —t for i' i- a romance. Deadly prosaic attimes pei haps, and no one need wonderif those men who went through the daysof famine which came upon the struggling city fail to see tbe romantic tide°t i'- But a- t'ne mountains seem to !>.the crowning masterpiece of Nature'shandicraft, so does the buiidiug of amodern city seem to he the masterpieceof man'- efforts.It was in the spring of 1892, if ] rPmember rightly, that I first saw thenew oitj Father and I had come upthe river from Marysville in a row boatand walked across the peninsula to thebay. Hewitt avenue then was mostlyimagination, a muddy, miry trail full ofstumps and roots. The woods wereheavy and but little of the topographyof the land could It sen. I think I shallnever forget the magnificent sight thatgreeted us, however, when we skirtedthe hill and neared the edge of PortGardner bay. It was nearly sunset andih '' 1 -" al -•; len ball of fire, hunglow over tin water as if loath to makethe plung.' and disappear. Sharp and distinct the mighty mountains of the Cascade range lay to the eastward while theOlympics stood sentinel across the water. North and south lay the forests,boken beer and there by clearings wherebuildings were soon to appear as if bymagicisl ..tt shore so near one might almcfii toss a pebble to her deck—lay aship at anchor. I remember how impressed i was with, the beauty of the scene,but my father, hard beaded and practical, -.lid to me: Son, here some day willbe a great eit} No other spot in all thisSound country it *o gifted by Nature asthi- Immense mills and factories will" 1 some time and with the coming oi the i-aih...id immense traffic willflow in and out . : here.From the verj first it was seen thatthi- was t.. be a manufacturing city.There was watei *"~ in inknStssi and thegenius of il mpire builder, .1. j". Hill,was bridging chasms and aa*>dnla,| mountain- in hi- all conquering march to deepwater terminals on the Pacific eoaat[he strong-jawed, iron-willed men—for ih,.-,- ~ie the kind of mp „ j tto have their haerie- and break the tiesof years to found a new- city in an almost unknown nniintij tjsjlMad andhoped and li 1 ami builded. The nailworks weni up those immense buildingsat the foot ot Pacific avenue, some ofwhich still stand, mute witnesses to thedevouring maw of the modern trust. Thebarge wo,ks were erected near the local ion where the smelter now stands.Ocean eomnier.v was to be revolutionised In the bulldrng <>f the whaleba, kstyle ot resael which no atortn couldwre.k no, gnli founder. I rememberwhen (he ftrst of her type we westernershad n,r seen, the (harles \Vetm„,.' ime roiUSd tin Horn through the StrsJUinto Puget Round and tied up at Everett She was the eighth wonder of theworld to ,i- jrnw youngters, and when"at siren whisti,. Wimed out ivaahTte are jumped as if « ton of dvnamite had l>een discharged in our immediate vicinitymd they w.,e tohnj to build tho*ewon lerfol betjita here in Evertt. One wasbuilt h.-re, ~r the assenilded parts put toget he, a„d it was a gala day in Everett wh.ti her namesake the ( in of f.v(Continued on Page Four)